Private postings following my message about the unwritten 'rules of
thumb' that beekeepers use have been implicitly (and explicitly)
critical of my posting.
 
I don't think it necessary to have a standard insert with all posted
messages that 'I will share my finding's with the list.'  I would hope
that would go without saying.  I do not feel myself to be a 'sucker of
information', compelling others to go out and do timeconsuming work on
my behalf.
 
When one is starting out in commercial beekeeping, the lack of
experience and repetition means a lot of seemingly minor issues become
quite major.  I am trying to develop some 'rules' that might help out.
 
To have even a close approximation of the number of kilos of nails to
buy to nail up several hundred supers would be useful - that's all I was
trying to get at.  If you're going to be extracting, say, 3 tonnes of
honey, how much beeswax might you expect from the cappings - those sort
of numbers can be very helpful for a beginning commercial person's
budgeting purposes.  I have *some* of the numbers, but would like to
find other useful measures.
 
I don't expect this List to do 'work' for me.  I merely thought some of
the people on the list might find the topics raised interesting enough
to read or comment on, to the ultimate value of us all.  If you're not
interested or just want to question my motivation, ignore this posting;
I don't need your aggravation.
 
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          Nick Wallingford
      Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
 (East coast, N Island, New Zealand)
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